to the E P H E S I A N S. 93 great Pomp ; but what is it in the Original ? Tbry came with great Fancy; it is ~ called fo, why? becaufe fuch things as thefe are the Objects of the Far;cY:, So ~ thofe little Additaments to Womens Ornaments, we call them Fanctes; It ts but the calling ofthe thing by that which it_f~iteth t?· Now tho a thoufand oft~efe things are lawful in th~mfelves ; fo~ t~us ts certam, that God m~de not ~ny thmg but there is fomething m Man to futt tt, and take pleafure m tt, and tt were to dell:roy a Work o_fGod~ to deny it. But .take God out of all thefe, ~hen a Man's Fancy his Spint ts carrted out to thefe without God ; when there ts not Grace in the'Heart, to fubdue all thefe to God, then it is finful. Thefe are the Lull:s of the Flefh. There are, fecondly, the Lufl:softhe Reafon, of the Mind. You mufrknow this that the word here in the Text, which is tranOated, Lu.fts of the Mind, in the'Greek it is, Lufts of tha Reafon; that is, of the Underll:anding of Man. Now itl the reafoning part of Man, there are two forts of Lufrs : (I take it, you have thefe in that place of ]ohn I quoted even now: There are, faith he, tbe Lufts of the Eye, the Lufts of the Flefo; and what they are I have told you, the Lufrs of the Eye is the Fancy, that of the Flefh is the brutifh part; And, • faith he, there i< the Pride of Life, which is the Lull:s of the Underfranding. ) I Jay, thefe Lufrs of the Underfl:anding are of two forts, that I may diverfify them unto you. They are either, 1. Direct Lufrs, that is, which are carried out directly in defires to Objects be• fore them, fuited to them, fuited to the llnderfranding, which it apprehends aa excellency in. Or, 2. Collateral Lufrs, Ltifrs thilt by a rebound rife and fpring from thence. .The one are Prima, and the other Orta: there are Lull:s which are primary ; and there are Lufrs which arife from them, and are fecondary. I will explain them to you as I can. I. The Underfranding of a Man bath a World of direct Lufrs, that is, Lufis that art; direll:ly carried on to Objects fuited to it. As for example, Pride of Lift, which the Apofrle mentioneth there in ]ohn ; look whatever excellency the Underll:anding bath, or knowetb, or is in a Man, of Beauty, or Parts, or Wit, and the like ; in all tbefe there is Pride, which the Apoftle calleth, Pride of Lift, as the other he calleth, the Lufts ofthe Eye, and the Lu.fts of the Flejb. Affecta– tion of Power, and of Glory, and of Sovereignty, ofSubjection, to carry or.J a Man's Plots, and to accomplifh them, to carry on a Man's ends, Pride in Wif. dom, Learning, Parts, what ever elfe it be, any excellency that the Underfianding only apprehendeth ; all thefe are called the Pride ofLife, thefe are Lufis ofthe reafoning part : Excellency in civil Virtues, Conformity to the Law, (ofwhichPaul boa!tedin Phi/.3.) The Philofophersin civil Virtuei; ashefaid,CalcoP/atoni<Super• biam,&c. Diogene. wentin a poor Habit,andPlato in cofily Apparel; he would tread upon his Coat, and the other trod upon Diogene/s. It was an Humility, but it was his Pride. To rife higher yet, there are Lufrs of the Mind towards Religi– on: Idolatry, it is mentioned in Gal. 5· 20. amongfr the Works and Lufis ofthe Flefh ; for in the 16th Verfe he had faid, that yoa fhould not fulji'U the Lufts of the Flejh; and what foliO\~eth? Amo?g the Works of _the Flefh, which fpring from thefe Lufrs, Idolatry 1s one ; for tf Men fet up an Idolatrous Worfhip, they are enftamed with their Idols, fo the Prophet faith, lfa. 57· 5· If Men be fuper• fiitious, they are puffed up with that Superfiition, it is a Lufr of the Under– fianding. In Col. 2. 18. Let no Man beguile you in a vohmtary Humility, and wor– Jhipping of Angels, intYHding into thofe things which he bath not feen, vainly pttjfid 11p by his ftejhly Mind. Go now, and take a Form of Religion, that Men &fhion to themfelves, fuited to their Lull:s, tho it is in it felf a good Religion, yet they making but a Form ofit, as the Pharifee., and Paul did; Conformity to the Law of God is good, but he made a Form of it, it was fuited to his worldly Lufisand Ends. When you take the fpiritual part, the power out of Religion it felt, winde it up as high as you will, it is certain, that there are Lufrs towards it. A Man bath a Zeal for it, but what faith the Apofl:Ie, Yo11 are zealom towards God, eflablifbing ·your own Righteoufoefi. You fhall fee Men as hot for that which is the way of thei~ Religion, tho it be but a Form, carnal Men will be for it. ·This Zeal, I f.1y, 1f you refolve it, it is properly the Lu!l: of the Mind; for take ~ny Relig10n,
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